Improvement in spring-beds



PATENT OFEICE.

JACOB A. JOHNTRY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING-BEDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,091,

dated July 17, 1877; application lfiled March 10, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB A. JOHNTEY, ofBrooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Spring-Beds, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure Irepresents an end view, and Fig. II atop view or plan, of part of thesame. Figs. III and IV represent elevation and plan of spring and barsin an enlarged view.

The object of my invention is to furnish a spring-bed which can readilybe folded 'together for transportation.

In the drawing, A and B are the upper and lower slats, between whichspiral springs C are arranged. llhe upper and lower coilsof thesesprings are made straight to give an even bearing upon the slats, andare then bent below the bars D D', with the ends of the coils bent andfastened into the slat, as shown at n. Over these end coils of thesprings bars D D are fitted, and attached to the separate slats bysuitable screws or bolts a a, (see Fig. IV,) each bar connecting in thismanner three or more slats together, and at the same time securing thesprings in their proper positions. These bars D D are connected togetheratEand F by means of hinges, one set of hinges being on the upper barson one side, and the other set of hinges on the lower bars on the otherside, and arranged in such a manner that the bed is thereby divided,

v The bars D as lrepresented in the drawin three parts,

g, in the two outer parts being capabl the central part, as shown indotted lines.

low the hinge E by means of a hook, G, while the bars D above the hingeF are jointed together by means of Va hook and eyebolt, H, when themattress is placed into the bed for use, so as to give the desiredfastening to the bars, and at the same time allow for the requiredmotion of the same.

By this arrangement the mattress can easily be folded together, and,bycompressing the springs, can be confined in a very small space for thepurpose of transportation, while by means of the hook-and-eyeboltfastening H a solid mattress is produced when in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sectional mattress, combination of the slats bars D D', F, arrangedin the manner and for pose set'forth.

2. In combination with the bars D, the hookand-eyebolt fastening H, forthe purpose substantially as described.

JACOB A. JOHN'IRY.

A B, springs C, and

the pur- Witnesses:

HENRY E. RoEnEn, WILLIAM EHRET.

e of turning` on said hinges, so as to fold over and under are connectedtogether just be-` consisting of the attached together by hinges E and

